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The report said the fund would start with cash
from Corzine's personal funds and some outside investors.
According to one source, Corzine said he had been speaking with
about a half-dozen potential investors, and expected around $150
million in assets under management.
Corzine's plans, however are tentative and could develop or fade
in the coming months.
The WSJ.com report also quoted Corzine's lawyer Andrew Levander,
as saying that the former MF Global's top official "is not
managing anybody's money and has not asked a single investor to
put money into a fund."
"He is gratified that others might want to invest with him,"
Levander added.
Corzine's last firm MF Global filed for Chapter 11 protection in
2011 as worries mounted about its $6.3 billion bet on European
sovereign debt, credit rating downgrades, margin calls and news
money from customer accounts was used to cover liquidity
shortfalls.
Corzine is also former Goldman Sachs co-chairman and a former
governor of New Jersey.
(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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